# Word morphing game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 18, 2003, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668 "2003-06-18T10:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 37

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/721 "2003-10-13T14:07:17Z")

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**foolots** - a really big fool.

**binder**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/722 "2003-10-13T19:03:00Z")

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**equbinder** - an adhesive made from certain quadrupeds, that don’t finish in the money often enough.

**raft**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/723 "2003-10-13T19:03:18Z")

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**bindeer** - a harness for reindeer.

**wellington**

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/724 "2003-10-13T21:23:59Z")

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**Wellingounce** - a tiny obscure New Zealand city

**moribund**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/725 "2003-10-13T21:30:14Z")

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**floribund** - an ex-bouquet, pining for the fjords.

**fjord**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/726 "2003-10-13T23:12:19Z")

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**fjordilly** - a pretty little flower growing near the sea.

**raft**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/727 "2003-10-13T23:52:41Z")

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**quaft** - a pseudo Olde Englishe word found on menus of pseudo Olde Englishe taverns

**merciless**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/728 "2003-10-14T00:13:16Z")

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**mercilessness** - the state of being ungrateful.

**lamp**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/729 "2003-10-14T01:13:14Z")

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**l’ampoon** : Cheap rip-off of _l’oignon_.

**ignition**

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/730 "2003-10-14T01:16:54Z")

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**frignition** - Getting your OTHER motor going.

**hamper**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/731 "2003-10-14T01:27:50Z")

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**champer** : Someone impatiently eager to commence the _frignition_.

**decathect**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/732 "2003-10-14T02:46:45Z")

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**decatholect** - to renounce the Church

**opprobrium**

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/733 "2003-10-14T02:53:20Z")

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**opprobrieum** – contempt for cheese

**narthex**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/734 "2003-10-14T03:09:02Z")

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**narthmex** : found in the Mission ruins in Guanajuato.

**canaille**

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/735 "2003-10-14T03:40:35Z")

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**canardaille** : A type of French matchmaking peasant dance in which the man quacks like a duck to attract the attention of the women, who then pelt him with feathers.

**aromatic**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/736 "2003-10-14T04:08:47Z")

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**Rome-a-matic** : an authentic, self-cleaning, personalized panini grill.

**fusain**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/737 "2003-10-14T04:56:06Z")

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**furain** - what fills the air in the **EddyTeddyFreddy** household every spring as the felines molt.

**wombat**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/738 "2003-10-14T05:08:56Z")

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**whombat** : how a certain Australian marsupial addresses others, in the interrogatory.

**tenebrific**

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/739 "2003-10-14T05:41:43Z")

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**tenemific** - the state of mind of a disgruntled renter

**gallivant**

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668/740 "2003-10-14T05:46:34Z")

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**Gaylivant** : the touring group that brings the Pride Parade to every city.

**soroban**

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